Lansing Sun

There were 35 Asian students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Shiawassee County welcomed 10,445 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the third lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Shiawassee County, Perry High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven students.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Perry High School	2.2	317
Owosso High School	0.5	843
Corunna Middle School	0.9	452
Perry Middle School	1.4	286
Owosso Middle School	0.3	643
Corunna High School	0.3	666
Durand Area High School	0.5	425
Laingsburg Elementary School	0.4	511
Perry Elementary School	0.6	356
Bryant School	0.2	449
Robert Kerr School	0.3	348
Laingsburg High School	0.3	363
Laingsburg Middle School	0.4	265
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	0.3	337
Byron Area High School	0.4	236
New Lothrop High School	0	401
New Lothrop Elementary School	0	476
Central School	0	423
Emerson School	0	452
Morrice Area Elementary School	0	242
Leonard Elementary School	0	311
Nellie Reed Elementary School	0	164
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	0	198
Lincoln Alternative High School	0	101
Byron Area Middle School	0	124
Bertha Neal School	0	185
Durand Middle School	0	276
Byron Area Elementary School	0	314
Morrice Area High School	0	239
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	0	42